Conquering the Atacama Crossing (Chile)

Stéphane (bib#43) came in 07:33:02 with an overall 4 Stage time of 27:24:27 moving up to 11th place!!!!

Jocelyn (bib# 17) came through Stage 4 in 11:09:39 with an overall time of 39:05:24 as #55  (5 1/2 hours ahead of # 64)…. amazing!!!

Leader Rob James (bib# 35) flew through Stage 4 with 05:46:18

Today’s latest news is: 

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Stage 4 time and place results are not in due to a bad storm that knocked out communications: 

Time:  April 3rd 2008 02:42:22 AM

8:38 am, 3 April, Startline, Stage 5: A violent storm struck the campsite last evening also knocking out satellite communications delaying results. Results will be posted shortly. Rob James and Mimi Anderson are now […]

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Please scroll down for updates on yesterday’s Sunbeam Children’s Village Read-athon!

All 65 remaining competitors have crossed the finish line. No times posted yet on Jocelyn or Stéphane - but here are some race updates from the 4Deserts website - sign up for breaking news  to really keep in touch. 

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10:33 am, 2 April, Checkpoint One: Competitors in the middle of the field ran into a traffic jam of sorts when a local shepherd drove her flock of sheep into the narrow trail that the runners are following. So far all sheep and all competitors are still accounted for.
Looking forward to those pictures!

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Time:  April 2nd 2008 02:58:14 AM

8:53 am, 2 April, Stage 4, Zapar: Competitors departed this morning at 8 am. Jo Peterson celebrated his 31st wedding anniversary with his wife Ann. Dean Karnazes was awarded the Yellow Jersey and dedicated it to Kyoung Tae Song, a blind competitor, for his bravery in completing such a tough stage. […]

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Stéphane is now in 12th place; his time for Stage 3 was: 06:40:52 for a 3 Stage total of 19:51:25

Joceyln is more than holding her own coming in 51st (in a field of 67); Stage 3 took her  09:36:38 for a 3 Stage total of 27:55:45

For contrast the  first place competitor finished today in 5:01:20

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7:10 pm, 1 April, Stage Three Finish Line: Hong Kong’s Wing Lin brought up the rear just after dark to round out Stage Three, which all remaining competitors finished successfully. American Becky Stein finished minutes ahead of him, spurred on by the possibility of more time reading emails if she finished earlier.

 Stéphane gatorless….:

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A great pic of Joce from Stage 2 - Stage 3 photos will go […]

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Jocelyn (bib# 17) has moved up to spot #50  with an amazing time of 09:40:21 
Stéphane (bib# 43) has move up to spot # 14 with a more than amazing time of 06:58:20
 This from the site updates:
8:10 pm, 31 March, Finish Line, Stage 2: South African David Ayres and American Scot Munns withdrew from Stage 2. All […]

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8:41, am, 31 March, San Bartolo: American Dean Karnazes was awarded the yellow jersey this morning for having won the first stage of the Atacama Crossing 2008.
All competitors departed this morning at 8 am for the second stage which will take them through frigid slot canyons and salt flats.
Stage 2  41.8km From the second campsite […]

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